Political Perceptions: Obama Disdains the Quick Q&A

Reporters don’t normally interrupt the president of the United States midspeech. That’s what hecklers do. So when a reporter for the Daily Caller website yelled a question at President Barack Obama last week during an address on immigration policy, he didn’t find a lot of sympathy in the White House press corps.

The normal practice is to wait until the president is finished — and then holler out a question.

Not that respecting protocol is very likely to yield an answer.

Three and a half years into the term, Mr. Obama plainly disdains the quick question-and-answer exchanges with the press. Indeed, they are far and away his least favorite forum for speaking publicly.